Outrage as Araromi Emmanuel Exposed for Rape, Sexual Extortion

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Summary: A Nigerian man identified as Araromi Emmanuel lured and raped Fems Thrift, a Lagos-based content creator and thrift vendor, alongside her friend. He further forced them to transfer intimate videos and pictures to him. 

A Nigerian man, Araromi Emmanuel, lured and raped Fems Thrift, a Lagos-based content creator and thrift vendor, alongside her friend. This incident occurred on Sunday, February 8, 2026, in the Ajao Estate area of Lagos State.

According to the video shared on Fems’ TikTok, Emmanuel contacted her on Instagram on February 1, 2026. He claimed he had recently returned from the United Kingdom to establish an international fashion brand and proposed a modelling shoot. He offered her N140,000 for the job and requested that she leverage her social media influence to promote the brand.

According to Fems, she agreed to the job after a promise that a make-up artist and other crew members would be present at the shoot. Upon arrival at the agreed location with her friend, the content creator found the space largely empty and alleged that the suspect claimed the location was a content creation space and that the make-up artist had stepped out briefly. He reportedly asked her to take a shower, citing excessive oil on her skin, and gave her a robe to change into ahead of the shoot.

After she had taken her bath and changed, Emmanuel entered the room with a key, claiming he wanted to demonstrate how to lock the door before the videographer and other crew members arrived.

“He locked the door, stood in a corner, and I became scared,” she said.

She further alleged that he brandished a knife, ordered them to undress, tied their hands with socks and threatened to stab them if they resisted.

“He sexually assaulted us multiple times without protection,” she said.

After the sexual assault, Emmanuel seized their phones, forced them to unlock private folders and transferred intimate photos and videos to himself via AirDrop. He further threatened to publish the materials online if they reported the incident or spoke publicly about it.

“He threatened me with my internet presence, saying if I spoke up, he would release my private videos now and in the future,” she added.

This video has generated widespread outrage on social media, with many users calling for the suspect’s immediate arrest and urging the police to commence an investigation. A particular user, @Lola_eden_ruth, commented that she graduated with Emmanuel in secondary school, and he was a predator who sneaked into girls’ hostels and was expelled. He also tried to hack the Snapchat accounts of some classmates and forced them to tell him their passwords.